In tonight’s premiere, Dorinda throws a Halloween party, where the theme is “Famous People Dead or Alive,” and Dorinda, always an incredible hostess, showed up in her Lady Gaga bubble dress, ready to mix and mingle with her guests while wearing not much more than a leotard with plastic bubbles on it.

Carole went with an Amelia Earhart getup, Bethenny had a Barbie moment, and Sonja showed up as Lucille Ball.

Then we have the musicians: Tinsley as Madonna, and Ramona’s Britney Spears, “Oops!…I Did It Again” red leather jumpsuit, which honestly, was out of this world. Credit where credit is due, she rocked it.

And then there’s Luann, in her Diana Ross costume. And in order to achieve this look as a white woman, Lu slathered herself in bronzer and slapped on an afro wig at least three feet tall and walked out the door feeling good about herself.

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“Something’s a little off about Luann’s costume,” Carole noted. Um, you think so? She later went on to describe it as “so disrespectful,” musing, “I think she’s tone-deaf when it comes to cultural stereotypes. She’s generally tone-deaf anyway.”

“I’m Diana Ross because she’s fabulous,” Luann explained. Not that it was the only choice she considered for the party.

Earlier in the episode, Lu tells her pal Dorinda, “Yeah, I gotta go as a singer, right?” She follows that up with, “Maybe I’ll go as myself,” and then a big old laugh. But this time, the joke’s on her. Going as herself would’ve been the better choice.

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It feels a bit drastic to bust out the word “blackface” here, even though she did rub a bronzer at least three shades darker than her natural skin color all over her body to offset the white jumpsuit she had on. Her intention was clearly to celebrate the iconic singer and channel a bit of that confidence into her appearance at the party, her first time seeing all the women together since her divorce last summer from Tom D’Agostino. The dress-up misstep wasn’t done in a cruel or even funny manner, it was just…unfortunate. But also, so typical Luann.

She has since apologized, and obviously, this won’t be the only tumble Luann takes this season on the show, but hopefully she’s learned her lesson about this costume choice as well, because we’re more than ready for the Luann Redemption Tour.